World music
OUMOU SANGARE at La Cigale, Paris
After an 8-year break from music, the singer from Wassoulou returns with an album bursting with modern and explosive sounds: “Mogoya”, intended to make young people dance, without forgetting their culture and traditions.
She returns to the stage surrounded by a dynamic group, composed of gifted musi...
Souad Asla : LEMMA (Songs of women from southern Algeria)
Souad Asla grew up with the music, dance and songs of the Béchar region in the Algerian Sahara, in the heart of the Saoura. For centuries, the women there have held hadra (informal meetings) every Friday, in which they sing, play music, help one another out and discuss a wide variety of subjects. It...
The Drums of Brazza : Kikulu
With their new show, the master drummers of Les Tambours de Brazza continue to display the skill that has made them famous since 1991, dancing to the beat of their impressive Ngoma drums. There’s one big difference, however: in Kikulu, more emphasis is placed on song. The men’s deep voices respond b...
A Journey with Marcel KhalifÉ
This Lebanese artist with his prolific output (film music, ballets, concertos, symphonies...), a recognized “Unesco Artist for Peace" for his commitment to his country’s musical heritage, has set himself the task of reviving the spirit of Middle Eastern music. By way of mixing cultures, Marcel Khali...
BALANI SOUND SYSTEM
A journey into retro-futuristic sound! BALANI SOUND SYSTEM propels the pentatonic balafon into the future. Inspired by the supercharged atmospheres of West African cabarets, their trance music transcends time and borders and sets the dance floor on fire.
The band draws its inspiration from the co...
La Martinique, the Second Homeland of Konpa
In the early sixties, a musical trend born in the Haitian dance halls swept the French West Indies: Direct Compass or Konpa in Creole. It made an indelible mark on the artistic life of the region.
This musical documentary goes in search of those involved in this crazy saga: artists, musicologists, p...
ORANGE BLOSSOM
With a career spanning more than 20 years, this French band plays a mixture of electronic and world music with Arab and Western influences.
Over the years, the band’s style has evolved, incorporating trip hop, progressive rock, ethnic and traditional music. They have collaborated with m...
Seun Kuti & Egypt’80
Seun Kuti has the grace, the energy and the fury of his father Fela.
With the egypt 80 musicians, Fela’s legendary group, he gives a new life to the original incarnation of Afro beat. Nothing’s missing: gesture, phrase, soundness of brass, matchless groove of africa’s voices and drums.
Amazingly mat...
SÖNDÖRGO – Tamburocket Hungarian Fireworks
These young musicians from Szentendre, a small village near Budapest in which Serbs are in the minority, are part of a new generation of virtuoso groups.
It’s a family affair: following in the footsteps of their fathers and uncles, cousins David and Aaron, accompanied by their faithful double b...
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
This 12-piece orchestra, created in 2000 by the Puerto Rican pianist Oscar Hernandez, has given itself the mission of perpetuating the musical legacy of salsa, as it was performed in Manhattan’s Spanish Harlem, where many Puerto Rican emigrants have lived since the 1930s.
The group has won three Gra...
